Medical and Clinical Advisors
Medical and Clinical Advisors actively participate in the company's clinical and product development. Their combined professional experience and published works on wound healing, nutrition, diet, and bariatric medicine constitute much of the most authoritative and respected commentaries in their fields.
- S. Kwon Lee, MD FACS FCCWS is a board certified general surgeon and Chief Medical Officer of Northeast Surgical Associates in the Greater Cleveland area. He attended Johns Hopkins University for his undergraduate studies before going to medical school at the University of Pittsburgh. His internship at Parkland Hospital in Dallas was followed by surgery training in Cleveland at St Luke’s Medical Center. Over the past 5 years, he helped develop the wound management services for Northeast Surgical Associates into a viable and growing part of the practice, which led to the creation of Lee Warner Medical Interventions. This network of physicians and nurse practitioners are dedicated to the science of wound healing and delivering it to home care and long term care. In fact, their Ohio group covers over 270 nursing homes and numerous home care agencies where they deliver state of the art wound management services to these facilities and companies. Dr. Lee is a national speaker on wound care and concentrates on the common sense approach to wound management that is based upon science and research, not traditional or unproven methods. Over the past several years, wound management has become a very important aspect of patient care. There are three main areas of wound management: Wound care itself, pressure relief and nutrition. Of these three, it is apparent that nutritional interventions may play the key in unraveling the sometimes difficult and complex wound issues we face today. With the new guidelines on wound care that will affect ALL venues very soon, clinicians must demonstrate that they are actively trying to promote the healing process and certainly nutrition will be a key factor to consider.
- Mary Ellen Posthauer, RD, CD, LD is a registered dietitian and Regional Vice-President for Supreme Care West, Inc., a dietetic consultation company to long term care facilities, group homes and hospitals. She is a Past President of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. Prior to her election to NPUAP, she represented the American Dietetic Association, a collaborating organization to the panel. Mary Ellen is past chairman of the Dietetics in Developmental and Psychiatric Disorders and the Consultant Dietitians in Healthcare Facilities, dietetic practice groups of the American Dietetic Association. She is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Advances in Skin and Wound Care and writes the monthly Nutrition Matters article. Ms. Posthauer is past President of the Indiana Dietetic Association, the Indiana CD-HCF and the Indiana DD-PP practice groups. She has authored numerous chapters and articles on nutrition and the elderly including: “Nutritional Care for the Older Adult: A Wound Care Patient Education Resource Manual” and “Nutrition and Wound Care.” She is a member of the Nutrition Council: Clinical Strategies in Long Term Care. Mary Ellen was one of the clinical investigators for a randomized, prospective, controlled, multicenter trial in 23 long tern care facilities to examine the rate of healing using a concentrated, fortified, collagen protein hydrolysate supplement. The results were published in March 2006 in Advances in Skin and Wound Care. She is currently on the American Dietetic Association’s research committee to determine the cause of unintended weight loss in the elderly. She received the American Dietetic Association’s Award of Excellence in Consultation and Private Practice and the Medallion Award, one of ADA’s highest honors as well as the Distinguished Alumni Award, Outstanding Service Award and Citizenship Award from Purdue University.
- Brenda Richardson, MA, RD, LD, CD is owner and president of Brenda Richardson Associates, Inc., based out of Pekin, Indiana. She has more than twenty years of proven success in directing multi-million dollar food service operations. Brenda has held key leadership positions as a dietitian in the Army Medical Specialist Corp., school nutrition services, multiple long term and acute health care companies. Brenda is a national lecturer, author of “The Nutrition Professional’s Pocket Guide to the MDS Version 2.0” published March 2003, and Managing Successful Nutrition Programs with the Prospective Payment System (PPS) published in the fall 2000, and contributing author of Nutrition Care of the Older Adult published by the Consultant Dietitians in Health Care Facilities Dietetic Practice Group in 1998. She was a recipient of the US Foodservice Recognition Award at the 2003 Annual American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference for her contributions to the industry and to the Consulting Dietitians in HealthCare Facilities (CD-HCF) practice group.
- Linda Roberts, MS, RD, LDN is the recently elected Chair of Consultant Dietitians in Health Care Facilities (CD-HCF) 2008-2009 - a practice group of the American Dietetic Association. She is also the Area V Coordinator for the group and the Task Force chair of the Menu Planning Guidelines committee of the CD-HCF. Ms. Roberts is an active member of the Northern Illinois University; Nutrition & Dietetics Advisory Committee. Her previous Board positions include the Chair of the Illinois chapter of CD-HCF and Government Affairs Director of the Illinois Dietetic Association. Ms. Roberts has had many speaking engagements including the Illinois Health Care Association, Illinois Dietetic Association, IL; Consulting in Health Care Facilities, Illinois Nursing Home Administrators; and Life Services Network of Illinois, Illinois Dietary Managers Association. She has authored many successful articles with topics on Survey Survival, Sanitation, and Using the RAI for Care Planning. Linda Roberts & Associates, Inc. is celebrating its 10th year, 1996-2006, of service to the long term care community of Illinois and Indiana.
- Lynn Spalding, RD, CSG has been practicing as a registered dietitian for over 28 years. Lynn is a Board Certified Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition through the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Her experience as a dietitian in a variety of health care settings includes hospitals, skilled nursing, hospice and assisted living facilities. She worked as a corporate dietitian before starting her own dietary consulting business in 1999. In addition to long term care and geriatric clients, she also provides clinical support and is a member of the Speakers Bureau for Medical Nutrition USA, Inc. She served as one of the clinical investigators for a recent interventional, prospective, multistate, multicenter trial that examined the effect of a cranberry concentrate complex and hydration in the prevention of urinary tract infection symptoms. Lynn is a member of the American Dietetic Association, Consultant Dietitians in Health Care Facilities, Nutrition Entrepreneurs and Dietitians in Business and Communications. She has served as Chair of the Michigan CD-HCF and was featured in the Michigan Dietetic Association’s Link publication. Lynn has had numerous speaking engagements, including the Dietary Manager’s Association State and District Conferences, HPS Annual Conference, the East Lansing Prime Time Senior Program, and corporate training sessions. She has also served as an Expert Panel member with the Commission on Dietetic Registration to review scoring and testing materials for future Gerontological Specialists. She attended Michigan State University, was a member of the Honors College, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics.
- Sherrie Dornberger, RNC, CDONA, FACDONA is President of the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration (NADONA) and a Gerontological Nursing Consultant to long term care facilities. She has thirty years’ experience as a Director of Nursing, and served as Executive Director for New Jersey Nursing Students and the New Jersey Association of Directors of Nursing Administration Long Term Care. Ms. Dornberger is currently working on a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration. She is certified in both Nursing Administration and Gerontology, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Certified Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care. From 1998 to 2001, Ms. Dornberger was President of the New Jersey Coalition of Long Term Care Leaders. She is also a member of the Gloucester County (New Jersey) Disaster Committee. She serves on editorial boards for several publications and has authored a variety of publications and columns on aspects of long term care. Ms. Dornberger is the recipient of numerous awards, including New Jersey Director of Nursing of the Year (1993), NADONA Director of Nursing of the Year (1993), and American Red Cross Volunteer of the Year (2006 and 2008). She is currently serving as the President of the Gloucester County Red Cross.
- Jon L. Schram MD, FACP
is one of the leading bariatric
surgeons in the country. He is a member of the American Society
of Bariatric Surgeons, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Schram is affiliated with Barix Clinics of Michigan and has performed
thousands of Bariatric procedures. He has a keen interest in the post
operative nutritional needs of bariatric patients.
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